Draconic Vampire: Curse of the Blood

"The four departments won't allow one student to attend all four departments on their own so stop thinking about it. You may have gotten the first position, but getting the blood esper department is the best thing that could happen." Annica said with a snort.

"I have my own reasons. I need to accumulate all the knowledge about all four disciplines. Maybe I should try to get in touch with individual professors and become their student. Or should I change my appearance?" Keith pondered hard.

"Do you think learning the four disciplines is as easy as taking a walk In the park? I have to tell you that mastering a single discipline to its final form is extremely difficult, let alone mastering four disciplines." 

"Is that so? Well, you won't know until you try. I have a special technique by which I can learn any technique pretty easily." Keith replied proudly.

"Stop boasting. Even if you learn the basics, which is a stretch, you can get to the end of the path in this lifetime. These disciplines are not as easy as you think."

As they were discussing the disciplines, professor Chandra explained to the students about the expectations and what the students needed to do in order to maximize their benefits of getting into the department.

"I need all of you to decide your departments by tomorrow evening. This only applies to the students who got two or more invitations. All the other students are only allowed to join one department, which they are assigned to." He said looking around the hall.

With a flick of his finger, the meal plate turned back and assimilated into the wall like it even existed. The runes on it vanished and the hall was illuminated enough to cover the students. 

"Now we will celebrate the rest of the evening." 

Professor Chandra used his rune card to make several changes to the decoration of the hall. The seating arrangement changed again and they divided into two separate rows at the end of both sides.

A large fountain of blood appeared in the middle and the lights changed to a darker shade, but it was clear enough to see the entire hall.

"Now, enjoy the evening, because from tomorrow you will be working hard. Very hard.

Saying this, he turned around and left. All the students looked at the stage and then got up from their seats.

"Is this some kind of banquet?" Keith asked Annica.

"Yes. The only banquet you will see in the first year. Shall we join them?" Annica pointed to the tables spread across the central hall where many vampires wearing suits were guarding the place.

"No thanks. I think I've had enough social interaction for the day. I will go back to my room. See ya." Keith got up and started walking towards the door.

"There is definitely something wrong with you…." Annica didn't say anything to him and mumbled after he left the seat.

She also got up from her seat and walked towards a booth filled with exquisite blood from all over the continent. These were all human blood from various places. They were specially cultivated in the blood to taste a certain way.

"Where's that from?" Annica pointed to a red glass.

"Guzuer pamachoen, from Felgard, miss." The waiter replied.

"Kelgard hmmm… wait… I totally forgot the fight." 

After remembering the fight between the senior and Keith, she walked hastily and left the central hall as well.

Keith came outside the hall and was heading towards his place when suddenly a group of five vampires obstructed his path.

"You came out earlier than we expected. Good good! The earlier you get your punishment, the better for you." The man in the front said with a sneer.

"I was wondering when you would show up. Alright, lead the way. I have a lot of things on my plate, so I need to finish this as quickly as possible." Keith gestured his hands with such laziness, they thought he had given up.

"That is the right attitude. If you beg for mercy, he might forgive you and lessen the punishment. Now come with us." 

The one in the front turned around and walked towards the other side of the garden, Keith followed them behind without saying anything.

When they reached the place, he sensed dozens of vampires hiding in the shadows. In The middle, the man he met at the training facility was standing with a frown on his face.

"He didn't resist?" he asked the other two.

"No boss. He came with us willingly." The one in front of Keith replied.

"That's better. You disrespect me and didn't follow my orders, so I will show you how things get done in this academy. Bring him here." The man shouted.

Before any of them had a chance to grab Keith's arm he appeared in front of them and walked slowly towards the man with a blank face.

The man was not a slight bit concerned about Keith as the entire place was surrounded by a dozen of vampires and most of them were viscounts.

"I will teach you some manners today, boy. " The man activated his blood-qi and lunged at Keith.

Without saying anything, Keith activated his warrior frame and threw a punch straight at the man's abdomen.

Whack! BOOM!

What happened next was something the rest of the vampires surrounding the place couldn't comprehend. Their boss was blasted away with one punch and the boy they just brought here was standing in his place with a smile.

The rest of the vampires jumped at Keith after they saw their master get beat up.  As they plunged towards Keith, a hoarse voice was heard from the side.

"Don't kill him. That will happen by my hands when we get out of this academy." The man got up slowly with a contorted face and looked as if his body had been crippled.

His hands were crushed and his stomach had a large hole inside. He quickly used his healing artifact to seal the wounds. With a hateful stare, he observed his underlings who were about to clash with Keith.

"I will make it quick," Keith said slowly.

Activating his warrior frame to its maximum capacity, he exuded the viscount aura. The entire place was covered with the aura and the vampires surrounding him stopped in their tracks.

"A viscount aura! Who is this boy?" A vampire questioned with disbelief.

"I haven't seen him around in the viscount class so he must have a viscount level artifact. If we can defeat him, the artifact will be ours."

With renewed spirit, the surrounding vampires plunged at Keith with greedy eyes.

Keith slowly stretched his hands and threw multiple coordinated attacks. They landed perfectly and the vampires that just attacked him were also thrown away.

Seeing this the others were confused as to how this baron-level vampire was able to beat so many viscount-level vampires. Sure, these viscount-level vampires broke through recently but they were way stronger than final stage barons.

"You're next." Keith didn't give them any time to process what was happening and jumped at them with a vicious glint.

"I need all of you to understand that there is always someone above you. Bully the lower level vampires may be fun but not fun enough to get beaten up by one." 

Keith shot forward and launched multiple attacks with his hands and knocked four vampires in an instant. The others used their blood-qi techniques to block the attacks coming towards them.

HAA! 

Their blood-qi rose to the maximum, but it was not enough to block Keith's attack.

Wham! Boom! Boom!

The next three vampires crashed into the nearby wall and dropped to the floor. Several of their bones were broken and they were coughing out blood.

"Master, what do we do? He is way stronger than we thought." A vampire said behind the leader.

"Hmph! These baron-level vampires are weak. The early-stage viscounts are just in name. I can't believe they were beaten by a mere baron. Send the middle stage viscounts and Lais. He is the only one who could handle him." 

He gestured to his subordinate and then continued watching his underlings getting destroyed by Keith.

'I don't understand. I felt his aura inside the training facility. It was not this fierce then, also how come he has a viscount aura with just a baron-level blood core.'

As he was contemplating this, a handsome and ripped man stood next to him.

"I can sense a viscount level warrior frame inside that boy. It will be hard, but I think I can defeat him." The ripped man said.

"Lais, did you just say, he has a viscount level warrior frame?" 

"Yes! I'm certain. He hides it pretty well, but nothing can escape my senses." The man named Lais said with a snort.

"Well, he is a baron alright. Even if he has a warrior frame, you also have it too. So I'm not worried about him. He can't match your level of blood-qi, so defeating him would be like defeating a child for you." 

Lais nodded and slowly made his way through the unconscious vampires piled up on the floor.

Keith was taking care of the last remaining baron-level vampires when he sensed an aura that was similar to him. I

'A viscount that could give me a challenge. Finally a worthy opponent.' 

Keith, who was holding a vampire by the neck, turned around and glanced at the middle stage viscount that was moving closer.

"It's time to fight with someone similar to your own caliber." The ripped man said as he approached Keith.

"Indeed. I was itching for a good fight for the past few days. Glad there is no security here, or I would have to pretend I don't know how to fight." Keith answered with a smile.

"Don't get cocky just because you gave a viscount level warrior frame. I have a warrior-frame more powerful than yours." 

"Oh! Is that so?" 

Keith scanned the man and found that his warrior frame reached the peak of the middle stage viscount, compared to Keith's warrior frame which was at the early stage viscount.